Hot meals for the elderly and disabled from the Metropolitan Municipality

The Izmir Metropolitan Municipality facilitates the lives of elderly citizens living alone and individuals with disabilities who struggle to cook by delivering hot meals to their homes every day. The municipality’s soup kitchen has provided meals for 9,500 people in need this year.

The Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues its efforts in line with the goal of its President, Dr. Cemil Tugay, to maximize social assistance for low-income and disadvantaged citizens amid the ongoing economic crisis. The Soup Kitchen Branch of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality delivers a total of 15,000 hot meals to solidarity points, women’s shelters, homes for the vulnerable, special education schools, associations, and public education centers, as well as to university students during the academic year. They also deliver hot meals daily to elderly citizens living alone and individuals with disabilities.

Hot Meals Prepared Under the Supervision of Food Engineers

At the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Soup Kitchen, healthy menus determined by food engineers are meticulously prepared in accordance with hygiene rules. Kitchen staff cook a variety of delicious meals every day of the week, taking into account the daily calorie intake. The prepared meals are delivered to elderly and disabled citizens in need using vehicles belonging to the soup kitchen. Confidentiality principles are carefully applied in the distribution of meals delivered by hand. This year, 9,500 elderly and disabled citizens received lunch from the soup kitchen.

Application Procedures for Citizens in Need

Elderly and disabled citizens can communicate their meal needs through HİM or via the website bizvariz.izmir.bel.tr. The requests received are reviewed by the Social Assistance Branch of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Criteria such as financial inadequacy, disability certificates, and age are taken into account.

No One Should Go to Bed Hungry

Through the soup kitchen, the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality provides hot meals to 15,000 people, including Eşrefpaşa Hospital, Zübeyde Hanım Nursing Home, the Home for the Vulnerable, women’s shelters (7 days a week), 11 solidarity points serving neighborhoods where citizens in need live, Gültepe Cultural Center (5 days a week), special education schools, associations, and public education centers (6 days a week), and students studying at state universities during the academic year. During the winter months, they also offer hot soup to 1,000 university students.